MDSave and Commonwealth Health Help Patients Save on Health Care Imaging Services
9/17/2018
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (Sept. 19, 2018) – MDSave and Commonwealth Health are working together to help local residents without insurance or with high deductible health plans save money and better manage their health care imaging needs. Through MDSave, patients at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital and Berwick Hospital can save up to 60 percent on some procedures including MRIs, X-rays and CT scans, through transparent pricing, educational resources and simple appointment booking.
“In today’s marketplace, health care can be confusing and expensive, especially for consumers who are uninsured or carry high-deductible insurance plans,” Cor Catena, CEO of Commonwealth Health Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, said. “This new service can help patients access the same quality health care they have come to expect at our hospitals at a lower cost.”
MDSave offers a combination of educational information, transparent pricing data and quality ratings to give consumers more control over their health care decision-making. Consumers with a physician’s order can simply visit MDSave.com or MDSave’s mobile app to determine what service best fits his or her needs — and at what cost.
For example, an MRI might cost a patient without insurance $1,000 or more, while a patient with a high-deductible plan may pay almost that amount as well. By researching and booking through MDSave, that same patient could get an MRI at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital or Berwick Hospital for less than $500. Similar savings are available for most imaging services such as X-ray, CT scan, ultrasound and mammography.
“Working with Commonwealth Health, we are taking an important step toward making health care more accessible and affordable,” MDSave co-founder and CEO Paul Ketchel said. “We know that the cost of preventive treatments like diagnostic imaging is often a factor in consumers neglecting to have them. A recent National Cancer Institute study found that CT scans reduced the risk of death from lung cancer by 20 percent. We hope that our strategic alliance will increase access to quality imaging and, as a result, help save lives.”
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